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King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House

England
List entry 1010399
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010399
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.25 hectares
Grid reference
ST 89759 44457
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

King Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow located approximately 100 metres north of Bishopstrow House near Warminster in Wiltshire. The monument is oriented roughly east-west and represents a form of communal burial architecture characteristic of the Early Neolithic period, likely dating to between 4000 and 3000 BC. Long barrows of this type typically contained multiple inhumations and served as focal points for Neolithic communities across southern Britain. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1010399 and survives as an earthwork monument in the Wiltshire landscape.

King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010399. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House?

King Barrow is a Neolithic long barrow located approximately 100 metres north of Bishopstrow House near Warminster in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010399.

Who is responsible for protecting King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House?

King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010399.

What other scheduled monuments are near King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 1480m east of Keysley Farm (9.4 km), Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down (10 km), Romano-Celtic temple 300m south west of Keysley Farm (10 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 1480m east of Keysley Farm
9.4 km
Bowl barrow in High Park on south facing slope of Fonthill Down
10 km
Romano-Celtic temple 300m south west of Keysley Farm
10 km
Bowl barrow on Keysley Down, 250m west of the A350 Warminster-Shaftesbury Road
10 km
Bowl barrow 200m south-west of Keysley Farm
10.1 km
Regular aggregate field system and double lynchet trackway 640m south east and 460m east of Dee Barn
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 700m south-west of Keysley Farm
10.5 km
Disc barrow 350m west of Dee Barn
10.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House

King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around King Barrow: a long barrow 100m north of Bishopstrow House

StonehengeArchaeological site · ~14 milesBathRoman town · ~15.6 milesOld SarumArchaeological site · ~16.4 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~19.1 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.7 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.2 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~19.4 miles
Domesday entry for Middleton, Wiltshire →
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